On the trip to The Little House there was an important stop. It was at the VA to get my new hearing aids. A feature of new aids is that they make my voice sound different to me. The audiologist said in a couple of days I'll adjust. To speed up the process I talked to myself for much of the trip. 😂 It wasn't very profound, mostly describing what I was seeing, but I think it helped. These state of art aids are supposed to be better in noisy restaurants. Aids are Phonaks, which is the same brand as I had before.
The aids came with a remote mic, called 'Rover', 😀 It's pretty fancy with directional mics that can be pointed at the source of sound one wants to hear. It's equipped with AI, so if it's dropped the AI turns the mics off before it hits the floor, sparing the user a loud noise. Plugged into a TV it sends the TV's sound directly to the hearing aids.
If I have to have a disability, hearing loss is less troublesome than most. The VA has been very responsive and helpful to me. Yes, I'm grateful!
Takk for alt,
Al
This is a picture of our ship, the USS Princeton, LPH-5, I took from a helicopter in 1962. Very smooth sailing in the East China Sea.
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